Reviews Stardom Top Stories
April 17, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Natsuko Tora vs. Ruaka A very standard opener in terms of the moves used but the pace was good and it was well worked. Natsuko Tora pinned Ruaka for the win. 2/5 Hanan vs. Kaori Yoneyama vs. Shiki Shibusawa A fairly decent comedy match. There wasn’t much quality wrestling but a couple of the spots […]
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April 17, 2018 / April 17, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Tam Nakano vs. Starlight Kid vs. Shiki Shibusawa There were a couple of nice moments from Starlight Kid but this was a pretty standard opener in all. There was also a couple of spots where people were just standing waiting to get hit which didn’t look good. Tam Nakano pinned Starlight Kid after a spinning […]
April 16, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Natsuko Tora vs. Kaori Yoneyama vs. Starlight Kid A disappointing opener considering all three of these wrestlers are very capable. It felt rushed and uncoordinated and there was no selling at all. Natsuko Tora pinned Starlight Kid for the win. 1.75/5 Tam Nakano & Shiki Shibusawa vs. Oedo Tai (Hana Kimura & Sumire Natsu) This […]
April 16, 2018 / April 16, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Ruaka, Hanan & Shiki Shibusawa vs. Konami & Kaori Yoneyama Another fairly standard opener. The pace was good but there was little to separate it from the dozens of other similar openers. Konami pinned Hanan for the win. 2/5 Xia Brookside & Starlight Kid vs. Team Jungle (Jungle Kyona & Natsuko Tora) vs. Miranda & Nicole […]
April 2, 2018 / April 2, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Miranda & Hanan vs. Ruaka & Kaori Yoneyama A pretty good opener. Hanan has started to add new moves to her repertoire as she showed off some new throws against Kaori Yoneyama. Ruaka just about hit a blockbuster suplex on Miranda. The rest of the match was fairly standard. Miranda submitted Ruaka for the win. […]
February 27, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Queen’s Quest (AZM, HZK & Momo Watanabe) vs. Miranda, Xia Brookside & Starlight Kid This was the best Stardom opener in recent memory. Again AZM & Starlight Kid stole the show with their awesome fast-paced offence and great chemistry. They are fast-becoming one of the highlights of every Stardom show. Everyone in this match looked […]
News Stardom Top Stories
February 18, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Stardom has unveiled the “Future of Stardom” belt, a new belt for wrestlers under 20-years old OR those with less than two years as a pro. This will be a great opportunity to increase competition for those in the mid-to-low parts of the card and wrestlers such as AZM, Starlight Kid, Shiki Shibusawa as well […]
February 10, 2018 / February 10, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Saki Kashima, a former Artists of Stardom Champion, is returning to Stardom. Saki was part of the Stardom roster from 2011-2013. Her return is announced the same day as Stardom revealed three new rookies would debut in March and Hiromi Mimura is retiring. At only 24 she could yet have many years in the ring […]
February 10, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Stardom have announced that three of it’s trainees will be making their debuts in March. Nao Yamaguchi will debut March 4th followed by Aiko on March 25th and Natsumi on March 28th.
Hanan & Xia Brookside vs. Ruaka & Kaori Yoneyama A very standard opener with nothing really notable. Kaori Yoneyama pinned Hanan for the win. 1.75/5 Shiki Shibusawa & Starlight Kid vs. AZM & Momo Watanabe AZM & Starlight Kid were incredible in this. They had a fantastic exchange to start the match and were great […]
At the Stardom show today Hiromi Mimura has announced that she will retire on March 28th at the Dream Slam event. It is surprising news as despite being one of the older women on the Stardom roster she has only been wrestling for a little over two years having made her debut in October 2015. […]
February 1, 2018 / February 1, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Hanan, Starlight Kid & Shiki Shibusawa vs. Hiromi Mimura, Konami & Ruaka A fun, high-energy opener. Konami hit a couple of great kicks and everyone else worked well. Starlight Kid pinned Ruaka for the win. 2.25/5 Jungle Kyona, Natsuko Tora & Kaori Yoneyama vs. Nicole Savoy, Miranda & Xia Brookside This was also fast-paced and […]
January 30, 2018 / January 30, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Miranda vs. Hanan vs. Ruaka Solid opener that maybe went a couple of minutes too long. Miranda looked fairly good and was able to show more of her personality. Hanan and Ruaka both continued their solid, but basic, work that they have been doing over the last few months. Ruaka pinned Hanan for the win. […]
Momo Watanabe vs. Shiki Shibusawa A fairly decent opener. Momo hit hard throughout and Shiki did fine. Momo Watanabe pinned Shiki Shibusawa. 2/5 Kay Lee Ray & Xia Brookside vs. Konami & Mari Apache Another decent match. Mari Apache and Kay Lee Ray had a couple of really nice exchanges and Xia and Konami both […]
January 16, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Konami & Hiromi Mimura vs. Shiki Shibusawa & Mari Apache A much better opening match than the last show. Mari Apache & Konami stood out in particular with Konami using a wide variety of kicks and Mari Apache using most of her signature offence including a beautiful swanton. Konami submitted Shiki Shibusawa for the win. […]
January 13, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Kaori Yoneyama & Shiki Shibusawa vs. Hiromi Mimura & Konami A pretty poor opener, especially considering that three of the four participants were vastly more experienced than the typical Stardom openers. There was nothing really notable at all in terms of offence and the whole match just felt a little messy. Hiromi Mimura pinned Shiki […]
January 9, 2018 / January 10, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Ruaka vs. Shiki Shibusawa vs. Hanan A fun but pretty basic opener for 2018. There were a couple of nicely worked comedy spots but nothing really notable from a wrestling technique standpoint. Shiki Shibusawa pinned Hanan for the win. 2/5 Kaori Yoneyama vs. Hiromi Mimura Another match that was largely comedy-based but this was very […]
January 8, 2018 / January 9, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Kaori Yoneyama & Ruaka vs. Hanan & Shiki Shibusawa A couple of sloppy moments in this but nothing too bad. The only real thing of note was that Shiki seems to be getting stronger as she had little trouble bodyslamming Kaori Yoneyama. Shiki Shibusawa pinned Ruaka for the win. 1.75/5 Rachael Ellering & Scarlett vs. […]
January 8, 2018 / January 8, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Konami vs. Shiki Shibusawa Shiki continues her recent improvement, looking comfortable in the ring for the vast majority of the match even with the much more varied offence that Konami brings compared to most of her other opponents. The match itself was nothing special, but it worked fine as opener. Konami submitted Shiki Shibusawa with […]
Reviews Stardom
January 7, 2018 / January 7, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Note: There was only one Stardom match at this show. Oedo Tai (Kagetsu, Hana Kimura & Kris Wolf) vs. Queen’s Quest (Io Shirai, HZK & Momo Watanabe) It was nice to see Sardom get to perform in front of such a large crowd. The match was similar to many of the recent tag matches between […]
January 6, 2018 / January 6, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Starlight Kid & Natsuko Tora vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Ruaka This was very good quality for an opener. While you could argue that most of the participants in this match deserve to be much higher on the card it was still entertaining. Starlight Kid pinned Ruaka after a beautiful reverse frog splash. 2.25/5 Hanan vs. […]
January 6, 2018 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Hiromi Mimura vs. Ruaka A pretty basic, but solid, opener. Having Hiromi added a little more character but the wrestling was still the same as most Stardom openers. Hiromi Mimura pinned Ruaka for the win. 2/5 Hanan vs. Konami Good match and a step up for Hanan. She received a lot of punishment throughout and […]
December 11, 2017 / December 11, 2017 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Hanan vs. Ruaka This is the same opening match for the third show in a row which is a little disappointing, though as they have been to three different audiences I guess it makes sense in Japan. Again, the work was very solid, but basic. Hanan pinned Ruaka for the win. 2/5 Sumire Natsu vs. […]
December 9, 2017 / December 10, 2017 by Sam | Leave a Comment
Hanan vs. Ruaka Another solid opening match from these two. Nothing particularly new but they worked smooth. Ruaka pinned Hanan after a fisherman’s suplex for the win. 2/5 Starlight Kid & Shiki Shibusawa vs. Scarlett & Chardonnay Starlight Kid continues to be incredibly impressive and Scarlett & Chardonnay both looked solid. Shiki continues to look […]
